Patent application number | Description | Published |
20100265170 | INPUT DEVICE, INFORMATION TERMINAL PROVIDED WITH THE SAME AND INPUT METHOD - In an input device used in mobile apparatuses in which portability is considered important and in mobile apparatuses in which a display unit such as a display is considered important, even if an input unit of the apparatus is made small in size, the input device is configured so that an input can be carried out without requiring an operator for skill. The input device is provided with the input unit including a detecting unit that, when a part of a living body in contact with the input device is pushed, detects a force transmitted through the living body and outputs detection data, and an input information specifying module that, when receiving the detection data, refers to stored data at a database, specifies a position where the living body is pushed, and outputs data allotted to the position as input information of electronic data. | 10-21-2010 |
20100328211 | INPUT DEVICE, TERMINAL EQUIPPED WITH THE SAME, AND INPUTTING METHOD - An input device includes an input section having a detection section which detects a force transmitted via a human body when a trailing operation is performed on a part of the body contacting the input device, and outputs the force as detection data “a”; a timer management control unit which generates a timing for converting the detection data “a” into time-series data and outputs the timing as timing data “c”; an input information specifying unit which converts the detection data “a” into time-series data based on the timing data “c”, compares the time-series data with stored data “b” in a database which has been set beforehand, to thereby specify an input operation and output the input operation as input information specifying data “d”; and an information presenting unit which, upon receiving the input information specifying data “d”, displays a function assigned to the input operation. | 12-30-2010 |
20110134063 | INFORMATION INPUT DEVICE, INFORMATION INPUT METHOD, AND INFORMATION INPUT PROGRAM - For input devices of mobile apparatuses placing more importance on the portability and mobile apparatuses placing more importance on display unit such as displays, it is possible to provide an input device and an input method which can easily be operated by a user even if an input unit in the apparatuses is small. The input device includes: an input unit formed by first vibration detection units which detect vibration transmitted via a body of a user holding the input device when a part of the user's body is brought into contact, and a second vibration detection unit; and an input information identification module which calculates a detection time difference between the moment when the vibration is directed by the first vibration detection units and the moment when the vibration is directed by the second vibration detection unit and outputs a code signal corresponding to the time difference. | 06-09-2011 |
20110134074 | POSITION INFORMATION INPUT DEVICE AND POSITION INFORMATION INPUT METHOD - A position information input device is provided with input positions assumed to be some positions of the surface of a conductive object, one or more signal receiving electrodes provided in other positions on the conductive object correspondingly thereto, for receiving a positioning signal inputted to each input position, and a signal input transfer module for transferring the same positioning signal specific to the input position. A signal generation/output module is provided together with the signal input transfer module, for generating the positioning signal in which a plurality of signals having different frequencies are defined as one group. The position information input device calculates path resistance values between the input position and the signal receiving electrodes from the respective values of the positioning signals received by the signal receiving electrodes and specifies the input position from the differences thereof. | 06-09-2011 |
20110134082 | INFORMATION INPUT SYSTEM, METHOD FOR INPUTTING INFORMATION AND INFORMATION INPUT PROGRAM - Provided is an information input system, wherein an operator can easily conduct information input actions to a small information device. The information input system is provided with a vibration element that applies a vibration to a forefinger of an operator, a vibration sensor that measures the vibration transmitted through the forefinger and the thumb, and a first input information specifying module that specifies the position on the thumb where another finger of the operator is in contact with the thumb based on a change in transmission property of the transmission system caused by the fact that the finger of the operator, which is in contact with the thumb, is in contact with the vibration transmission system formed by including the forefinger and the thumb. The information input system outputs the detected position of the contact of the finger as positional information. | 06-09-2011 |
20110134083 | COMMAND INPUT DEVICE, MOBILE INFORMATION DEVICE, AND COMMAND INPUT METHOD - Provided are a command input device, a mobile information device, and a command input method which can easily be operated by a user even when the input unit in the device is small. A first and a second detection modules arranged on a device which is brought into contact with a user body detect vibration caused by a tapping operation on the user body and transmitted via the user body. The position of the tapping operation on the user body is identified according to analysis data obtained by analyzing the vibration relations detected by the first and the second detection modules such as a known correspondence between a time difference between the detection timings and the position of the tapping operation on the user body. Since the user body can be used as a space for inputting a command, it is possible to secure a sufficient input space. | 06-09-2011 |
20120105192 | EVENT NOTIFICATION DEVICE, EVENT NOTIFICATION METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - Provided is an event notification device capable of notifying an event with excellent immediacy without giving a shock or a sense of discomfort to a user. The event notification device | 05-03-2012 |
20120242465 | INFORMATION PRESENTATION DEVICE USING TACTILE STIMULUS WITH VIBRATOR - An information presentation device transmits information of a car navigation system, installed in a vehicle, to a driver in form of tactile stimuli, wherein a controller controls a plurality of vibrators attached to a steering wheel. The vibrators are arranged in proximity to vibration transmitters, corresponding to holding parts of a steering wheel, so that they are controlled with desired vibration intensity and vibration start timing in response to drive signals from the controller. Two vibrators are arranged in the holding parts of a steering wheel which come in contact with driver's hands and are controlled to generate a virtual vibrating source, thus rendering a driver feeling a sensation as if a vibrating source is moving in upward-downward directions, left-right directions, and far-near directions in the front side of a driver. Thus, it is possible to present accurate information with a small amount of energy consumption in driving vibrators. | 09-27-2012 |
20130002544 | INPUT DEVICE, METHOD AND MEDIUM - An input device comprises: a detection unit that detects as detection data an oscillation generated by tapping a body of a user and transmitted via the body; and an input information identification unit that refers to the detection data, identifies a tap site based on a fact that the detection data varies depending on a physical property of a body tissue associated with the tap site, and outputs an operation command allocated to the identified tap site. | 01-03-2013 |
20130009870 | INPUT DEVICE, INPUT METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An input device comprises: a detection unit that detects a body movement generated by tapping a user body as detection data; and an input information determination unit that refers to the detection data, determines a tap position based on a fact that the detection data varies depending on the tap position, and outputs an operation command associated with the determined tap position. | 01-10-2013 |
20130013229 | INPUT DEVICE, INPUT METHOD AND MEDIUM - An input device comprises: a detection unit that detects as detection data a vibration that is generated by tapping on a body of a user and transmitted through the body of the user; and an input information identification unit that refers to the detection data and that identifies a tap position based on a fact that the detection data varies according to a length of a vibration transmission path from the tap position to the detection unit. | 01-10-2013 |
20140327642 | HAPTIC SENSATION PRODUCING DEVICE, INFORMATION TERMINAL, HAPTIC SENSATION PRODUCING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - A haptic sensation producing device ( | 11-06-2014 |